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HANDICAP SOCIAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

... social disability [is] a form of deviance which refers to a broad class of social adaptations based on failures in the development of competence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
CONT

Un handicap social est une forme de handicap caractérisée par des difficultés de communication et de compréhension des codes sociaux qui entravent les capacités d'insertion dans la société.

Spanish

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